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Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 23 of 73
SB 6.18.23

श्रीशुक उवाच हतपुत्रा दितिः शक्र पार्ष्णिग्राहेण विष्णुना मन्युना शोकदीप्तेन ज्वलन्ती पर्यचिन्तयत्

śrī-śuka uvāca hata-putrā ditiḥ śakra- pārṣṇi-grāheṇa viṣṇunā manyunā śoka-dīptena jvalantī paryacintayat

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; hata-putrā—whose sons were killed; ditiḥ—Diti; śakra-pārṣṇi-grāheṇa—who was helping Lord Indra; viṣṇunā—by Lord Viṣṇu; manyunā—with anger; śoka-dīptena—kindled by lamentation; jvalantī—burning; paryacintayat—thought..

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Just to help Indra, Lord Viṣṇu killed the two brothers Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. Because of their being killed, their mother, Diti, overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, contemplated as follows.

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